The 36-year-old actress is currently filming her new TV show, ‘The Asset’ in which she plays a spy. Her character, Anna King, is a Intel Specialist covering as a photojournalist.

The show is described as a character-driven drama set in the CIA’s New York City station and has come from writer Josh Friedman – author of The War Of The Worlds and Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.

Filming for the show got under way last month and Ali has appeared excited to get stuck back into work after taking a career break to welcome her son Theodore into the world in December 2010.